PSYC 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Twin Study, Joint Attention, Attachment Theory
8 Mar 2016
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Chapter 11: attachment and self: attachment theory: Attachment theory: children are biologically predisposed to develop attachments to caregivers as a means of increasing survival: bowlby"s attachment theory: Infants earliest relationships with their mothers shape their later development. Infants are confidence- motivated exploring environment when provided with security. Secure base: presence of trusted caregiver provides an infant with a sense of security making it possible for them to explore. Caregiver provides comfort and pleasure, an innate bias of dependence. Quality of attachment based on nature of experiences with caregiver. 2 key measures provide insight into quality of infants attachment: extent to which infant is able to use primary caregiver as secure base, how infants react to brief separations from, and reuniting, with the caregiver. Ambivalent attachment: type of insecure attachment very clingy easily distressed and not easily comforted resists caregivers efforts to comfort. 15% of middle class infants fall into this category: culture variations in attachment:
